Curriculum Vitae
Sofya Lydia Low


Education:
1999-2006   Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
1996-1998   Ph.D. candidate in Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles
1992   B.S. in Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Teaching Experience:
2009-2010   Mathematics Teacher, Berkeley High School  
2006-2009   Mathematics Teacher, Manual Arts High School, LAUSD
2005   Head Teaching Fellow, Environmental Risks and Disasters, Harvard 2004   Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Geological Sciences, Harvard
2002-2003   Head Teaching Fellow, Environmental Risks and Disasters, Harvard
2000-2002   Teaching Fellow, The History of Life, Harvard
2000-2001   Teaching Fellow, Environmental Risks and Disasters, Harvard 1999   Teaching Assistant, Invertebrate Paleontology, UCLA
1998   Teaching Assistant, Number Theory, UC Santa Cruz
1996-1997 Teaching Assistant, Honors Calculus, UC Santa Cruz

Extracurricular Activities and Accomplishments:
2006-2009   Co-founder, Students Helping Students, an after-school program that matches advanced students with those struggling in core subjects
2006-2009   Instructor, CAHSEE Boot Camp, annual one-week program for high school seniors who have not passed the CAHSEE
2008-2009   Developed in-class intensive two-week program for CAHSEE, 74% of my tenth graders passed on the first try (school average 47%)
2007-2009   Faculty Sponsor, Informal "Chess Club", on-going student chess tournament with as many as five simultaneous games daily
2002-2004   Harvard Geoclub President
2002   Friday Harbor Marine Laboratories Summer Program, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, University of Washington
2001-2003   Coordinator of the Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Series, Harvard

Awards:
2005-2006   Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for Environmental Risks and Disasters
2004   Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for Introduction to Geological Science
2001-2003   Certificates of Distinction in Teaching for Environmental Risks and Disasters
2003   Research Grant Award from The American Museum of Natural History
2003   James R. Welch Scholarship, Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences
2001-2002   Certificates of Distinction in Teaching for History of Life
1999-2000   Research Fellowship, American Chemical Society
1999   Distinguished Teaching Award for Invertebrate Paleontology, UCLA
1998 -1999   University of California Visiting Scholar
1997-1998   GAAN Fellowship for Research in Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz 1996-1998   Distinguished Teaching Awards in Honors Calculus and Number Theory, UC Santa Cruz